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Hog futures prices recently hit a four-year low, with industry expansion and a decline in U.S. exports to China contributing to the price drop. | |
Immune Depression: What’s wrong with my pigs? Diagnosing common pig ailments correctly and precisely can be a challenge. Get your handy checklist of symptoms, causes and remedies to take to the farm. | |
Europe’s sharp decline in pig prices since the end of 2013 was highlighted at a UK conference that also heard warnings of a continuing oversupply. | |
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A contingency plan for the pig industry, to be activated should porcine epidemic diarrhea virus arrive in the U.K., has now been completed. | |
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The Government Accountability Project has released affidavits from four federal inspectors from the USDA’s pilot program, known as the HACCP-based Inspection Model Project (HIMP). In the affidavits, the inspectors have expressed worries about the safety and effectiveness of HIMP. | |
Track and Improve Your Sow Herd Performance Learn how to automatically track sow gestation through farrowing, provide individualized feeding curves and optimize piglet weaning weights. | |
The isolation of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) from piglets in eastern England has been reported. Learn more about the cost value of trace minerals by attending, “The Real Value of Trace Minerals in Driving Performance,” a webinar sponsored by Novus International and presented by WATT Global Media. The webinar will be held March 12. | |
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The European Union and United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have stepped up efforts to assist countries, including the Balkans, to prepare for any possible outbreaks of devastating foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in hogs and other livestock. The federal budget U.S. President Barack Obama has sent to Congress asks for more than $1 billion to fight antibiotic resistance, with some of the focus on animal agriculture. Under the proposal, the USDA would get $77 million to address ways to reduce use of antibiotics in livestock. | |
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